Popovic arrives in Perth for Glory stint

Tony Popovic has a lengthy to-do list as he lands in Perth to begin his time as Glory boss

Talks with Diego Castro about his future and a review of Perth Glory's salary cap sit at the top of incoming coach Tony Popovic's to-do list.

The Asian Champions League winner arrives in Perth on Wednesday to begin his tenure of the A-League club.

Popovic has plenty on his plate, with the number of players signed up for the season in single figures.

"It's something we need to address," Popovic told AAP.

"I'm going over on Wednesday to have a closer look at the details of everything in terms of how the club's run on and off the park.

"We have several players we can bring in and possibly more.

"It all depends on what we have remaining in the salary cap.

"This is certainly a challenge for us but there are opportunities to bring in fresh players, players have that hunger and desire to make Perth Glory great again."

The Perth Glory job will be Popovic's second A-League gig after five seasons with Western Sydney as the club's foundation coach.

He won the ACL in 2014, the premiership in the club's inaugural campaign and qualified for three grand finals - in 2013, 2014 and 2016, losing all three.

He left the club on the eve of last season to take up a job in charge of Turkish club Karabukspor but departed after 10 weeks and has been a free agent since.

The ex-Socceroo takes over from Kenny Lowe, who has moved into a youth team role.

Among those contracted for next season are forwards Andy Keogh and Chris Harold, goalkeeper Liam Reddy - whom Popovic coached briefly at Western Sydney - midfielder Neil Kilkenny and club best and fairest winner Shane Lowry.

Popovic said there were no imminent arrivals in Perth and he would meet Castro and owner Tony Sage this week to discuss future plans.

"I have to ascertain first and foremost does (Castro) want to stay," he said.

"We can have a talk about it and make a decision on which way we want to go."

Sage has previously said Castro wants to stay.

At the Glory, Popovic will work in an off-field dream team with Tony Pignata, the ex-Sydney FC chief executive who helped the Sky Blues rise to the top of the domestic game.

Popovic said he didn't know Pignata was being appointed when he took the job, but there was no bad blood between them after time at Sydney's rival clubs.

"What I did know is there were obviously searching for an experienced CEO and one that can take Perth to another level. That was enough for me," he said.

Popovic will combine his pre-season planning with an expert analysis role for Optus Sport for next month's World Cup, along with several other ex-Socceroos.

His first game in charge will be a marquee friendly with Chelsea on July 23.

"It couldn't come any bigger than that and I think everyone will be really excited to see what we can do," he said.